A visit to the vet

It's been a busy week.. so I haven't had time to update this blog. Anyway, a throwback to last saturday..
Gordon is an 8 year old golden retriever who presented to the veterinarian with reddening, itchiness, and loss of a patch of fur (alopecia?) above his left ear and on his neck, in the midline. His owners (that includes me) has noticed the patches getting bigger as well as the fact that he continually scratches them with his left hindleg.
A skin scraping microscopy was negative for bugs, but otoscopy found "fungal and bacterial" infection of his left middle ear. It was explained that the infection could have been the cause of his itch.
It was thought that the lack of ear cleaning could have resulted in the infection. :S
After being put on antibiotics for 5 days, his itch is still persisting, although an "Elizabethian" collar is preventing him from scratching his head. Thankfully, the hair is growing back on his head, slowly but surely. I think he is in distress because all the dogs and humans in the neighbourhood are laughing at him.
He is due for a review next saturday. Hopefully he gets better then. Meanwhile he looks rather silly in his Elizabethian collar.

sleeepy.